Software Engineer 3

CJ; Santa Barbara (CA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Paid holidays

Team-building events

Employee Referral Program

Annual recognition awards

Hybrid work arrangements

Parental bonding leave

Backup care options

Employee discount program

International SOS program

BRGs

Job summary

CJ in Santa Barbara, CA, is seeking a Software Engineer 3 to design, implement, and evolve services powering our performance marketing platform. This hands-on role pairs with senior engineers to learn modern architectures, write clean code, and own production systems from design through on-call rotations.

The position is hybrid—3 days in our office—and requires work authorization in the United States. We value collaboration, TDD, and Agile practices, and offer competitive pay with extensive

Qualifications

• Experienced software engineer with foundational skills; language/framework flexibility is encouraged.
• Able to learn new technologies as needed and contribute across the stack.

Responsibilities

• Guide design and implementation by incorporating customer and stakeholder feedback.
• Make small, consistent code improvements without disrupting product goals.
• Understand squad architecture and draw clear abstraction boundaries.
• Design with high cohesion and low coupling.
• Work collaboratively in a paired, TDD-driven environment.

Skills

Java

Scala

Kotlin

TypeScript

Amazon Web Services

Kubernetes

Kafka

React

Job description

Welcome to Our World

We’ve been leading the charge in the affiliate industry from day one—establishing performance marketing and paving the way for future innovations. We're known for maintaining one of the largest, most reliable partnership platforms with impeccable, personalized service.

Company Description

Founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1998, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) stands as the most trusted name in performance marketing. We specialize in building partnerships between top brands and reputable publishers to drive revenue and business growth. CJ’s industry-leading solutions make us the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across sectors like retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services. As part of Publicis Groupe, our savvy data capabilities, cutting-edge tech, and strategic expertise facilitate genuine connections, allowing brands to reach consumers wherever they are.

A Quick Peek at Affiliate Marketing

Think back to your last online purchase. Did an influencer tip you off about a great product and offer a discount? Or perhaps you relied on a trusted review site to make your decision? Whatever path you took, affiliate publishers likely played a role by influencing, informing, or helping you find the best deal. CJ connects brands with these publishers, creating valuable resources for shoppers like you.

Overview

About CJ Engineering

Are we a good match for you?

• Engineering autonomy: Here, business decisions are made by business people, and technical decisions are made by technical people.
• Full stack: Expect to be involved and to gain competence in every aspect of software engineering, from frontend, to database, to requirements analysis, to testing, to helping choose technologies.
• Clean, Maintainable code: Code is read more often than it is written, so we put in the effort to write it well in the first place.
• Pairing: The highest quality code is produced by close collaboration, so we pair by default.
• TDD: Quality is baked into our process through Test Driven Development
• Ownership: Engineers own the full lifecycle of what they build—from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, production support, and on-call rotations. If we build it, we support it.
• Operational Excellence: We embrace Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation, and observability to build reliable systems and deliver software safely, efficiently, and at scale.
• We believe in Agile values, and incremental development. We constantly experiment, retrospect, and adjust.
• We are committed to finding out how AI can amplify our productivity. We view AI as a force multiplier, not a replacement for good engineering.

If this sounds exciting, we want to hear from you!

As a Software Engineer 3 at CJ, you will contribute directly to the design, implementation, and evolution of the services and infrastructure that power our platform. This is a hands‑on engineering role where you’ll collaborate with experienced engineers, learn modern architectural patterns, and take ownership of production systems. You will write clean, maintainable code, participate in technical discussions, and continuously improve both our software and our engineering practices.

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in a CJ office location.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

What you will do:

• Guide the design/implementation by drawing from customer/stakeholder feedback.
• Make small, consistent improvements to the code base without disrupting the product owner's needs.
• Understand your squad's architectural and technical vision.
• Draw abstraction boundaries.
• Design with high cohesion and low coupling.

Qualifications

What we are looking for:

We are looking for experienced engineers with foundational skills. We are not looking for experience with a specific language, framework, or technology. That can be learned.

1. Java
2. Scala
3. Kotlin
4. TypeScript
5. Amazon Web Services
6. Kubernetes
7. Kafka
8. React

Additional Information

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in office.

CJ is the leader in Performance Marketing. We take pride in our innovative technology, comprehensive data solutions and our people. We equip our teams with advanced tools, training and career development opportunities all to provide modern solutions, strategies and support to deliver high quality results for our clients. We work in an enthusiastic, collaborative team setting that values outstanding performance.

We're a community of creative and passionate problem solvers who go the distance to tackle the tough questions, think creatively, and drive resourceful growth, for our clients—and ourselves. We foster and embody an inclusive and collaborative culture where diverse perspectives are sought, relationships are valued, and people feel accepted with a sense of belonging in expressing themselves authentically. We pride ourselves in having a workplace environment that values both work and play.

Why Our Workplace Stands Out

Apart from offering competitive salaries, 401K matching, wellness programs, and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we provide:

• Flexible time off without the hassle of accrual
• A generous number of paid holidays
• Company-sponsored team-building events
• An Employee Referral Program
• Annual recognition awards
• Hybrid work arrangements for optimal work-life balance
• Parental bonding leave
• Backup care options for children and elders
• An employee discount program
• International SOS program for global support
• Business Resource Groups, where employees connect over shared interests to cultivate an engaging, inclusive environment

…and those are just a few of our great perks! Come join us and see what makes our company a great place to work.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $88,540.00 - USD $135,632.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/27/2026.